What I meant by different types of damage, whiskeybravo, refered to DRGs being the burst damage dealers and BRDs being the sustained damage dealers. But yes, both do pierce damage.
Also, Camalott, I was comparing the two classes at the same level. I've been leveling a DRG for solo play (a class I have A LOT of experience with) and a BRD (which is new to me) to play with a friend of mine. At the time of my first post, both were at level 25 and the damage I was dealing with the DRG was brutally higher than the damage I was dealing with the BRD. In fact, their levels are DRG 28 \ BRD 26 and the damage still is insanely different.

Now, I'm not saying it's a bad class/job. It's just that it feels strange to me. As many are saying, I'll have to level it up to 50 first. I think that's the best way to come to reasonable conclusions.